required reading

by @according2kelly on September 11, 2007

recently, mama jo, little miss whit & i were discussing books. now mind you, i wasn’t always such an avid reader. in fact, i think i struggled with reading until about third grade. it was then that a very wise grandma introduced me to a girl name nancy drew, from that day i was hooked. lucky for me, i grew up in a houseful of books, so feeding my addiction was never a problem.

so here it is. my list of all time favorites. some are classics, some aren’t. some will make you think & others are just fun to read. they probably aren’t your favorites, but you might find a book or two that you like. enjoy & happy reading!

Gilead by Marilyn Robinson is such a beautiful book. Cry The Beloved Country.. can't remember the author just now and Crossing To Safety by Wallace Stegner and I love lots of the books you listed as well. Have you seen Becoming Jane? You must .. you must! :)

I love The Three Musketeers....I've probably read it 8 times....I love anything else by Alexandre Dumas. Some of my other faves (as an adult) are Travels with Charley (Steinbeck), The Pilot's Wife (Anita Shreve I think), Three Weeks with my Brother (Nicholas Sparks) and the Ya-Ya books. As a child I loved Sweet Valley High, Wrinke in Time, Anne of Green Gables and Little House on the Prarie. I wanted to be Laura Ingalls SO bad (I guess I still kind of want to:))

as we were talking before...most of those books are also my favorite....except for catch 22 of which i have horrible high school memories...i hated that book...but shadow castle and anne of green gables...i love them still...alsodancing queen mentioned katherine which is fantastic...dragonwyck...there are too many to name...my favorite kid book is good night moon....

My favorite book currently is Katherine by Anya Seton. I read it about once a year. I love that time period, and the language in it is so beautiful.Another all time favorite is Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

I didn't get into reading until Babysitters Club. I read ALL of them. I recently found on for sale for $.50 at a 2nd hand store and snatched it for my daughter to read when she's a little bit older. Then when I was a teenager I read all Jack Weyland books. I suppose I'm a series kind of girl. Nowadays all I read are autism books or self help books. VERY BORING. Maybe I'll get my hands on some of your favorites to switch things up!

To Kill A Mockingbird was always my favorite. I haven't read it in years and I need to pick it up again.I'm a big Stephen King fan and have read The Shining and The Stand and It a bazillion times. There are few books I read over and over otherwise. I did read Watership Down twice...once myself and once to my sons. When I was little, I loved all the Bobbsey Twins books. I believe they were by the same person who wrote the Nancy Drew books. I found 2 of them recently at thrift shops and was so happy to see my old friends again! I can remember the first book I ever took out of the library (and we're talking over 40 years ago): "Make Way for Ducklings."